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THIS WEEK (19/2018) IN THE FINNISH GAME INDUSTRY

11.05.2018 12:34

Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter

In this report we will combine the week 19/2018 from the Finnish Game Industry.

News are gathered from the Play Finland group posts during the week. That is why we recommend you to post by yourself (however not flood) your Finnish Game Industry related news to the group. It also guarantees that your news will be visible in the weekly newsletter /news compilation. Play Finland is at the moment one of the main channels for sharing information inside the industry.

We (admins) occasionally publish industry related posts or links in Play Finland. But since there is so many things going on, we don´t even try to cover the whole field.

May 14th GDPR-event at Rovio 14.5 afternoon 13-16. Registration gdpr@neogames.fi. if you are a member of Suomen Pelinkehittäjät ry I have also sent you info about how to get access to materials. If you are a developer but not a member you can ask access to materials by mailing request to gdpr@neogames.fi

May 22nd Invest in Turku for Experience Industries – at 10:00-14:00 Kultaranta Resort, Särkänsalmentie 178, Naantali (*note: bus transportation from the Turku bus station will be provided at 9:30) Sign up here by 14th May

IGDA members get 20% off for Nordic Game Conference 2018!!! This is how you do it:
Hurry up, go to www.conf.nordicgame.com, push the “Register” button, check the “Organisation discount” box, choose “IGDA” from the drop down menu, and then enter the code “XJ7VnpGDsM” in the “Discount Code” box.

700+ game companies in the Nordics to get an overview of game development jobs available right now. Currently 440 job openings in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway – browse through them at http://gameform.eu/

Frogminds new game, Rumble Stars Soccer, is out in Finland on iOS! Its our take on an explosive real-time multiplayer mobile soccer with fun characters and fast skill-based gameplay. Check it out and let us know what you think of it! All feedback is super-welcome!

A Chinese delegation seeking cooperation and partnership is coming to NG18. Among the Chinese companies in the group are:

Shinezone: An influential exporter of Chinese games based in Pudong, Shanghai, Shinezone Network Co., Ltd. was established in 2011 and employs nearly 400 people. Shinezone specialises in developing and publishing high quality web and mobile games for global markets.

Yoozoo Games has four primary business operations; global game development and distribution, IP management, big data and intelligent applications, as well as entertainment industry investment. In June 2014, Yoozoo Games was formally listed on the Shanghai Main Board as an A-share game company.

Shanghai Venture Technologies aims to become the first of its kind in China to provide comprehensive professional language services.

Finnish students visited Japan by cooperation network between Finland and Japan HANAKO Network and developed a mobile game “Guru Guru Dobutsu” at a Japanese game company. My play review (Japanese) > Their blog

This is the weekly summary of news from the Finnish game industry. If you want to have your news on the list, post them on the Play Finland Facebook group. The summary will be posted every Friday afternoon. Check out previous week’s list.